Weighing and assorting apparatus.



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ig 'lflED STATES HENRY RICHARDSGN PATENT OliFlCE.

,OF NEW YORK, N Y.

WEIGHING AND ASSORTING APPARATUS.

To ad. whom, il' 'muy concern:

.Be it known that l, HENRY RiciiAnDsoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing :it N ew York, county of New York, and

State of AYew York, have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements iii Weighing :nid Assorting Appnralis, of' which the folj lowing is e specification;

l'his invention relates to an in'iproved apparatus i'oi' :autom aticall y testingr the --correct weight ci pe-reels of goods sind other articles in order to be tested are divided by lthe mai chine into three different classes, namely, iii-st, those weighing the right weight, second, those that are too heavy and third, those that are ioo light.

.ln ordei'that this invention may be clearly understood `and lincre easily carried into practice, l have appended hereunto sheets of drawings upon which l have illustrated a simple form of embodimentof an apparatus including 'n' invention.

in these dra-wings, Figure 1 is a part front Fig. 2 is a plan of the apparatus Fig. 3 is a diagramshowthe action of the unloading mechanism. I Fig. 5 is a 'section on the line 5--5, Fig. 2. -v Fig. 6 is a. side view of "'Ii-cerrring thisiiivention into eil'ect av is -the frame ofthe machine in which revolves i, nruin sha1" i; i carrying supports carrying the (hi the shaft i :i drum c is dri ving pulley b". iixed which drives an endless belt or band c passing over a second drum c2 nioun ted in the l'raine nini upon this band c are put the parcels d which :ire io be tested.v

' i is e.. beam supported by mea-ns of angular pivots or knife edges e1 on bearings e2 of the traine.

weightmvith a iiiiliiiing apparatus e4; at the other end the beam is f i'ovided with one of the angular pivots or iiie edges e?. The

Speccetion of Letters Patent.

a Application filed January 16,1906. Serial Nu. 296.351`

l l l l i l l l Patented .T .me l1, 1907.

kopt in the proper position by the lever e7l fiilcrumed on a bearing of trie frame a :ind connected with the link e7 hung iroin the f knife edges e".

The parcel d which is tobe wei hed is 'conducted by'a suitable carrier as t ie movable i belt c to the load-carrier e and i`tis sifipped ,i in its forward motion on thatbelt, by a stop l f which lice s it in the piopeirpositionjjn front of the Iload-carrier (siown as a pan) of i i i by a pushing apparatus g which is pivotally i supported at lie inner extremity o :in arm fg to Whiehinotion 1:, given, in a horizontal i direction, by a roovrd lever g2 mounted at .93. This latterV4 ever g2 is itself set in in'otion by a com 7i which is mounted on a shaft li".

of bevel wheels b2. A groove h is formed. in the cani in which works an' anti-friction roller g mounted upon the leve'r g2; The shape of groove h is such that the pushing apparatus g pushes the parcel d onto scale ready to receive it, and is such alsofthat after having` pushed the said' parcel on' the scale pan, it 1s brought back to rest in the position as shown byFig. 2. ln that position, the ushin'gapparatus g is normally kept lifted) Fig. 6, by a counterweight g5, but as soon as .f a pin-eel carried by the belt c is ready to come in contact with stop f, it cornes across first of all the end of a movable projection i, see Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6, which moves horizontally at 'i' and is pushed back a little bei' fore the stop f, tlu'ough which it passes aein a direction contrary to the action of the counterweight j, causing the pawl i2 which is rigidly coimected with the projection i to move out in front of stop f, and in the path of the .counterweight g". movement forward'of the arm g under the action of cani h to cause the pushing apparatus to push. the parcel onto the scale pane",

...ql Thereby the latter will elevate lsaid coiiiaerweight g5 and cause the pusliin api pai-ritos g 'to swing down inte a vertical po -sitioiiso that when said pushing apparatus insaid vertical position it can move a. parv lou'dwarrier e of the weighing ma'chirm; 1-joel,f.package or 'the like frointlie belt c onto the weighing machiiivI until itis ushed sidewise ofi' the lie-lt c' on the said oadcarrier,

I' Ireceiving its motion fiom shaft by nica-ns i pan et at the moment when this 'scale' pan is up horizontally at the end of arni g contact with the projection 'i moves it back a l the coiinterweightg moves and' meetsA the. This benin is provided atene end' with ai countefwieght ve and a regulating;

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At the time of the i rio" i head w i u; scribed. As soon as the parcelis on the scale "pan e, the weighing takes place and the beam ran ed on the frame, at a level corresponding `ratus g and k4 are as follows z-When o nce il s565721;e

the said scale pali e. Should there not be a parcel against the stop f it ,will be apparent that when the rod or arm gris advanced said pilishing apparatus g will no't be swung down. the cam h is another izoove h in which works an anti-friction rol er 7c mounted on a grooved lever k which is mounted at k2 and gives a reciprocating movement to a rod c3 provided with a second pushing apparatus the function of which is either to push or to draw the parcel off the scale accordin to the indication shown by the weighimY of ty e said parcel, in order to bring it in i'ront4 of the place or passage for unloading, out of which it will be removed accordin to whether the parcel weighs the exact weig t or on the contrag; is either too heavy or too light. i

e ppshing apparatus c is formed with a 'ch is i idly fastened crosswise to .the end of the ro k3 and to which is pivoted at 7c5 a pawl k" adjusted in such a way that if it happens to meet an obstacle during the time o the movement ofthe rod k it turns in one direction but it is mounted in such a way'that it doesA not turn in the reverse di# rection.

The relative actions of the pushing apptarcel has been stopped on the moving belt c by the stop f, it is pushed oi that belt onto the scale pan e by the pushing apparatus g which has been pulled down as before dee takes a position corresponding to the weight of that articular aree If t e parcel is too light, t e head o' the pus 'apparatus c as vthe rod k3 is advanced us es the parcel whichis then in osition Fig. 3, from off the scale pan e in order to br it onto a suitable receiving device as the c utc m for unloading which chute m is sloping and is ai'- to t at of the parcel. The latter slides to the bottom of said chute at which pointit can be received in any way.' If ori the contrary, the parcel weighs the right weight, the position taken thereby is as shown by d2 in Fig. 3. Atf,

the time of the movement of the pushin apparatus k, the pawl kf and not the head of the pushing apparatus comes into contact with the parce when in position d2 and that pawl turns and slides on the to of the parcel without moving it. But, on t e return niotion of rod c and pushing apparatus the awl kf* draws the parcel when in position d t erewith as shown by arrow, Fig. 3 and brings it in front of a second slo 0 chute n, which is fixed at the corresponding evel on the frame a, and leading to a point different from the one where the chutem ends. If, however, the parcel is too heavy the counterweights e3 e are not sufficient to lift up the scale a and the parcel which is on that scale occupies a position as shown-in (Z3, Fig. 3. The p ush-i ing apparatus c and the pawl lc@ pass the heavy parcel without striking the same in moving backward and forward above the heavyparcel and allow the latter to remain oi'i the scale pan e". New it is at that very time that the pushing apparatus g advances, and if, between times, a second-parcel haa" been brought against the stop f to be pushed by the pushing apparatus g on the scale pan e", this second arcel will ush off the first one, onto the third slopin c ute' o i such chute being at a correspondingevel anil'eading to a third point for unloadin f' In order to make sure t at the beanie will be kept in .the position required during the unloading of the arcel, such beam, is Sprovided at one end t ereof withan anti-friction roller e which works the grooves p pipbf a cam p mounted on a vertical shaft p,\ie

ceiving its motion frointhe main shaft 1;-, by 85 tions p?, p8 which divide the groves p p2 p3 9o ofthe cam, in order to remove ever hause of stoppage caused by the friction rol e 'r engagiV ing with the edges of one of the projections and thus guide the friction 'roller into' the particular groove where it has to worlein order` to 9 5 keep beam e in the required position, which is determined by the weighing vof the parcel whichis on scale pan e at the moment. Fig. Y 4 shows the open space p9 where the three grooves rp', p, p3 o cam p open inte each other. Vhe mounting o f the cam upon shaft p* and the subsequent rotation of the cam are regulated in such a way that space p finds itself in front of the friction roller eS and of spur e which can then change their lace vertically without engaging any obstac es in order to allow the friction rolle'r e to swing freely at the time when the weighing of the parcel placed on scalel pan e takes place. In order to prevent the friction roller e falling abruptly from the projection ps at the time when it comes out of the oove p2 which might damage the knives, t ie end of the projection psis rovided with a tongue p1 pivoted at p a ong which the friction roller e when passing in "oove, p2 crosses withoutfalling iiito the en ofthe groove p3,

while the tongue p10 rises again after passage of the friction roller e8 into groove p3 in order not to interfere with the working of same.

In order vto allow a certain amount of latitude for the extra or deficient weight between a parcel weighing exactly the required weight and another parcel short of weight, the beam e hears, near counterweight es a small additional weight is hung at the end and is fastened on by means of a flange r2 and on which it can slide freely. If the arcel placed on the scale pan e is too light, t e opposite" endiof the( beam'e goes down and the i'io ITIS' the beam is'exactly in equilibrium, the flange r2 moves and rests against weight 1. Finally if the parcel be very heavy, it causes the scale pan e to go down, and the opposite end of the beam rises and the weight by means of the flange r2 above the rest 1l which iscalculated in such a way that it corresponds' to the allowance in Weight.

'lhe operation of the machine is as follows:A

The parcel winch has been placed on the belt c advances with the latter and engages with the stop f being then pushed onto the scale l pan e by the pushing apparatus g which is advanced for suehpurpose by the cam h. "lhe weighing takes place then, during `which, the pushing apparatusg is returned to its initial position by said cam; the beam e. is

brought to a stand still by the passage of the cam grooves p on the friction-roller es of the beam accordin(r to the position taken b v the beam during tle weighing and after which the rod ki" and pushing apparatus c, k come forward, then backward under the action of.

cam h. If the parcel is too light it is pushed by the pushing apparatus k* into the chute 1n," if it weighs the correct amount it is drawn by pawl c, into the'chute 'n and, finally, if it is too heavy it is left by the pushing apparatus on scale e from where it 1s pushed by the next parcel into the chute o.

I do not confine myself to the exact construction or details hereinbefore described as the-same may b e modiiied t'o suit various requirements such for instance as in the case of the weighing and sorting' of coins for use in connection with coin actuated machines.

What [claim is:

l. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a load receiver and a beam, the beam having an additional weight adapted to be elevated when a parcel beyond the correct weight is placed onto theI load receiver, a owercperatcd cacrier for ad vancing parce s toward the weighing mechanism, a stop for arresting the motion ol a parrel op- `posite the load receiver, and mechanism for different from that tioned parcel.

' 3. Inan apparatus ofthe class described, the combination ofa load carrier, beam mechanism associated therewith, a parcel carrier for cond'cting parcels to the load carriena pushing apparat"s to psh a parcel off the'parcel carrier on the load carrier, a second p1., Shing apparatts provided jwith means for pishing parcels o the load carrier in opposite direct-ions, andin a direction 'different from that followed by the first mentioned parcel, and means for locking the beam mechanism temporarily a ainst motion at the conclusion of a weig xingopera-- tion. Y

4. In an apparatrs of the class described,

-followed by the'first-mena load carrier, beam mechanism associated a load carrier, beam mechanism associated with the load carrier, and a pushing appara? tus mounted for movement across the load carrier and having a part when the pushing apparatvs moves 1n one direction to push a package ol' said load carrier and having a second part to push a packa e off the load carrier occupying a different evel than the first` mentioned package on the opposite movement ofsaid pushing apparatus, and a second pushing apparatus to move apackage onto the load carrier.

6Iy The combination of weighing-mechanism inclnding a 'load receiver, a carrier for parcels, means for moving parcels-from the carrier onto said load receiver, and a reciprocatory p1. Shing devicel havinga head to push a parcel from thel load carrier, when said device moves in one direction and having a movable member for pushing a'parcel from uthe load receiver when said pushing device is moved in the opposite direction, and means for preventing movement of said movable member on the last mentioned motion.

7. The combination of a load receiver and its szpporting beam, the beam having an antifriction roll at the outer side of its center of motion, a rotary member having a plnrality of parallel projections dividing said. member into channels, the projections being I nade in the Aform ol knil'e edges Jat the entering ends of the channels, a knil'e edge carried' by the beam inadjacence to the antifriction roll to gnide the latter into a channel as said member rotates, the latter serving when the antifriction roll is in one of its channels to 'lock the beam a fainst movement and a ton le IlCO ` pivotally connected with one of the projections at the end opposite that having the knife edge, to prevent dropping of the antifriction roll.

8. The combination of Weighing mechanism including a load receiver, a carrier for parcels, means forstopping a parcel on the carrier, a power operated pi Shing apparatus for p Shing the parcel from the carrier onto the load receiver, and a power operated p1 sh ing apparatvs for pushing a parcel ofi the' load receiver, u A.

9. The combination of weighing mechanism including a load receiver, a parcel carrier for effecting the supply of parcels toA said load receiver, a stop for arresting the motion of a parcel on said parcel carrier, a pushing apparatus for pushing a parcel from the carrier MEW.. "fr" A u .n y

onto the said load receiver, a second prshing v -Iny Ahand in presence of two subscribing-wit- HENRY RICHARDSON.-

VVitnesses: i

E. F. SMITH, M. M. RONNIE. 

